What do visitors in H-Town need to know?

The other day I was talking to a lovely young woman who was thinking about moving to Houston.

She said, “What’s the deal? What do I need to know if I’m going to move here?”

In honor of her and the thousands of visitors about to flow into town for the Final Four, let’s try to answer the question.

To me, what’s important is that people have a sense of humor here. Also, people come here to work, and for those who have jobs and are willing to work hard, it’s the land of opportunity.

Also, housing is relatively cheap.

Also, there are people of every color and stripe here, which means, in my twisted logic, we’re an eating town. and the food is good and cheap and different. You could go for a long time without eating the same kind of food twice.

I asked Mason this question and he said Houston is a lot more fun, and there’s lots more to do, than people who don’t live here think.

Year-round gardening! When most of the country is buried in snow we are harvesting radishs, chard and fancy salad green by the bushel. As Camille Waters used to say “We don’t have winter in Houston – we have August!”

When Detroit or LA won a basketball championship – the town erupts in a days-long riot. When Houston won the basketball championship – there was a party downtown with over a million attendees. No violence, no riot activity. So – when other major cities riot for no reason, Houstonians are looking at each other saying “Why are they doing that?”

I won’t say we don’t care – I say when the going gets tough, we have a fund raiser.